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Orthacanthus gibbosus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae

Taxonomy
Diplodus gibbosus was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type specimen is BMNH P.497, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silverdale, South Staffordshire (BMNH), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Dittodus gibbosus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Orthacanthus gibbosus by Johnson (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Diplodus gibberulus Agassiz figs. Pl M', figs 4,5
1843Diplodus gibbosus Agassiz p. 204 figs. Pl 22b, figs 1-5
1889Diplodus gibbosus Woodward p. 10
1902Dittodus gibbosus Hay p. 266
1999Orthacanthus gibbosus Johnson p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
orderXenacanthidaGlikmann 1964
familyOrthacanthidae
genusOrthacanthus
speciesgibbosus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Orthacanthus gibbosus Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Diplodus gibbosus (137309 137310 type locality: 137313 137314)
Kasimovian - Moscovian307.0 - 307.0United Kingdom Diplodus gibbosus (137315)